The Colossus and Other Poems
The Colossus and Other Poems is a poetry collection by American poet Sylvia Plath, named after the poem The Colossus. It was first published in 1960.
Contents
The 44 poems presented here are in the published order
- The Manor Garden
- Two Views of a Cadaver Room
- Night Shift
- Sow
- The Eye-mote
- Hardcastle Crags
- Faun
- Departure
- The Colossus
- Lorelei
- Point Shirley
- The Bull of Bendylaw
- All the Dead Dears
- Aftermath
- The Thin People
- Suicide Off Egg Rock
- Mushrooms
- I Want, I Want
- Watercolor of Grantchester Meadows
- The Ghost's Leavetaking
- A Winter Ship
- Full Fathom Five
- Blue Moles
- Strumpet Song
- Man in Black
- Snakecharmer
- The Hermit at Outermost House
- The Disquieting Muses
- Medallion
- The Companionable Ills
- Moonrise
- Spinster
- Frog Autumn
- Mussel Hunter at Rock Harbor
- The Beekeeper's Daughter
- The Times Are Tidy
- The Burnt-out Spa
- Sculptor
- Flute Notes from a Reedy Pond
- The Stones
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Critical reception
Prominent literary critic, journalist, poet, and former editor of the poetry journal The Observer, A. Alvarez, called the re-release of the book after the success of Ariel a "major literary event".[2]
References
- ^ Plath, Sylvia (1987) The Colossus Faber and Faber ISBN 0571098649
- ^ Plath, Sylvia. The Colossus and Other Poems. Faber and Faber 1967.
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Poems |
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Poetry collections |
Ariel · The Colossus and Other Poems · Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices · Crossing the Water · Winter Trees · The Collected Poems · Selected Poems · Plath: Poems
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Prose and novels |
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Children's books |
The Bed Book · The It-Doesn't-Matter-Suit · · Collected Children's Stories · Mrs. Cherry's Kitchen
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